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Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This book aims to develop a situative educational model to guide the design and implementation of powerful student-centered learning environments in higher education classrooms. Rooted in educational science, Hoidn contributes knowledge in the fields of general pedagogy, and more specifically, higher education learning and instruction.
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Research and Evaluation
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This report compares the academic achievement and student growth of the four-day districts to the academic achievement of five-day districts of similar size. Overall, the results indicate that both groups of districts perform similarly on the state assessments and that their students show very similar amounts of academic growth as reflected by the Colorado Growth Model.
Author
Publisher
National Education Policy Center
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"This policy brief reviews what researchers have learned about racial disparities in school discipline, including trends over time and how these disparities further break down along lines of gender and disability status."--Executive summary.
Series
Fast facts volume 2005 Oct
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Research and Evaluation
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Research indicates 9th and 10th grade CSAP can reliably predict a range of Colorado ACT (CO ACT) scores for each student. Using the Colorado Growth Model, predictive linkages can be made from the 9th and 10th grade CSAP to the 11th grade CO ACT in each content area tested. This means that every possible 9th and 10th grade CSAP score has a predicted range of CO ACT scores for students making typical growth. Additionally, 9th grade scores can be used...
Series
Fast facts volume 2011 Nov
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado Education Innovation Institute
Pub. Date
2011-
Language
English
Description
The General Assembly created The Education Innovation Institute (EII) in 2009 (SB 09-032) to leverage new and existing applied research to solve practical problems in education reform.
11) Safe at school: addressing the school environment and LGBT safety through policy and legislation
Author
Publisher
National Education Policy Center
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students face a unique set of safety concerns each day. Over 85% report being harassed because of their sexual or gender identity, and over 20% report being physically attacked. Far too often teachers and administrators do nothing in response. In part because of this, the suicide rate for LGBT students continues to be 3-4 times higher than that of their straight counterparts, and in some parts of the...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom
Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning
...Author
Publisher
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
This plan is unique because it creates a long-term context and vision for the eventual relocation of all of the education, research, service, and patient care programs from the current campus at 9th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard to 217 acres at the site of the Fitzsimons Army Garrison in Aurora. The plan describes a strategy to relocate most of the core programs of the two institutions within twelve years. In addition, specific program and facility...
Author
Publisher
Education Policy Research Unit, College of Education, Arizona State University
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"The aim of this study is to examine the impact of charter schools on student achievement in the Great Lakes states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. This evaluation addresses two specific questions: How does student achievement in charter schools compare with student achievement in demographically similar, traditional public schools? Do charter schools show promise of being an effective strategy for improving student achievement...
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